Well, Spring has finally arrived and, boy, are we ever excited that the sun has returned to the sky here in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. People all over the city are busy in their gardens digging, planting and weeding. Growing your own food is such a fun and rewarding experience. There’s nothing [...]

Here is an amazing and inspiring program I just heard about. It is called the
Take a Hike Program. Here is the description in their words:
“The Take a Hike program is a unique program made possible by a partnership
between the Take a Hike Youth at Risk Foundation and the Vancouver Board of
Education. The program [...]

For many people biking here in Vancouver is a year round thing. Rain, snow,
meteor showers….you name it, we’ll bike in it. Then there are the rest of the
population who tend to be more fair weather bikers. And since it is now Spring
and the weather is sunning-up, most of us are dusting off [...]

Here is another local (for Vancouverites) great local group dedicated to
preserving, sustaining and educating about our highly esteemed, yet,
highly vulnerable local environments.
They are called the PACIFIC SPIRIT PARK SOCIETY and they are a community-
based volunteer organization. They act as public stewards of the park and
they…”hold a vision of an urban forest and [...]

Well, maybe where you are there is snow. Not here in Vancouver
except on the mountains. But if we did have snow here, I would
try to build a snowman bigger than the one below! It might take
me a while but if I was listening to the amazing Gogo Bonkers
album LOVE THE LAND, I [...]

My favorite Christmas song, right now, is undoubtedly “You’re a Mean one, Mr. Grinch”
It is a great Christmas kids song on all the right levels. It is gross and funny and
silly and nasty – all for the sake of bringing to light just how awful The Grinch
really is.
And to display the Gogo [...]

What exactly is a “Kids Song”? I’m not sure exactly. We’re adults in a kids band called
Gogo Bonkers and we’re making kids songs. Don’t kids make “kids songs”? I will
attempt to answer myself…….
Obviously kids songs are…..for kids. And if they are for kids there must be something
about the songs that [...]

Yes, you are reading that right. Gogo Bonkers has made their awesome album
LOVE THE LAND free for downloads. This album was just nominated for
Children’s Album of the Year at the West Coast Music Awards (WCMA) which
was in Kelowna. Kids Songs for free!!!!!!!
Now, you may ask, what is the catch? Well, to [...]

Maplewood flats, also known as the MAPLEWOOD CONSERVATION AREA is now raising money so that they can build a NATURE HOUSE. (They have raised $400,000 so far).
The new Nature House with be used to help create and strengthen the ties between school children and conservation.
The Maplewood Conservation Area is “the last undeveloped waterfront [...]

I was walking down Main Street here in Vancouver, with my amazing mom
and my adventurous nephew, enjoying a light rain and a pleasant conversation
about the importance of good friends……when I just had to stop for there in the
window of BIRKELAND BROS WOOL SHOP were these amazing creatures
dancing and signing about all things wooly. They [...]